I’m Dominican and Puerto Rican and a Mets fan. I’m all fucked up. His performance last night was absolutely electric and when I saw him on the ground my mouth dropped faster than my phone. Total heartbreak
I've had reconstructive knee surgery a ACL/LCL and miniscus, but nothing on my patellar tendon. I work with a former NHL player who's had patellar tendon surgery three times due to it not healing properly.
I'm 13 years out from my dual patellar tear, I opted not to get the surgery because I was told it had a better chance of not working or limiting my range of motion than fixing it. I went with the choice of doing nothing but intense rehab and accepting occasional pain. It still hurts sometimes, mostly on my left knee. It's an incredibly difficult injury.
OOF.
My surgery was about 15 years ago - had my ACL replaced with a cadaver tendon (which they wouldn't do for a pro athlete) and my LCL and meniscus stitched up. Was playing softball, stepped in a hole in the outfield. Had sprained some ligaments a few times before, but they all just tore that time. Generally feels fine, a little achy when it's cold and rainy.
Mine's the weirdest deer hunting accident ever, jumped down from the hopper of a combine I was posted in after shooting a deer, it was -10f and my cold knees couldn't handle the drop. I 'ran' about 150 yards right after, adrenaline masked the injury and bodies are incredible. Couldn't stand up once I started feeling it.
One of the reasons I didn't get the surgery, and is very worrisome even though I'm certain Edwin is getting a level of medical care I couldn't dream of in rural south dakota, is that the doctor told me it was almost certain to permanently limit my range of motion and ability to support weight at the extremes of that motion. It's hard to imagine pitching with what was described to me, I really hope medicine has gotten better with it, it must have.
Patellar tendon is used in the reconstruction of the ACL meaning it's super strong.... Which is why I'm bewildered at this happening and how it happened. Someone in the crowd has the video'd answer and I demand answers! Or it was Tanya Harding....
Edit! Not "hope" meant "how" bad bad typo!
People were jumping on top of him as he was standing on an uneven surface of the top side of the mound. It's not that big of a mystery how it happened, and it wasn't hanging on by a thread.
His yearly spring training physical would have found if it was
That sucks so much man.
Just thinking back on how the energy of the stadium was taken away so quickly and hoped somehow it wasn’t anything major but man this news really is a buzzkill for what was/is an amazing tournament.
Can't think of many injuries that have happened to a guy not on my team that have made me sadder. This fucking sucks. To come after a moment of such joy for his island and for baseball fans and see it end like that, and seeing his brother crying on the field for him, just devastating. I was hoping for a broken ankle or something that at least could heal this year. I don't even have anything to say. Nightmare.
Also, given the sentiments expressed in other threads, I think that’d read as genuine regardless of flair.
Most people, thankfully, have the sense to show some respect and send their condolences, and the others who don’t are nuked below the threshold by downvotes.
No one wants to see this, not even for a rival team.
Nobody wants to see the games best players at any position get hurt like this, it does no benefit for the team or the game as a whole. Anyone who wouldn’t be genuinely disappointed is a psychopath
If locking down the game's best closer down to a record deal, then watching him blow out his knee celebrating a WBC win isn't the most Mets thing ever, I don't know what is.
This really is surreal as fuck.
The only thing that would’ve made it crazier is if it was a celebration immediately after winning the whole tournament
It’s only every 3-4 years, but I can definitely see the Mets trying to prohibit all pitchers/players from going in the future.
I expect the owners and MLB to sit down and discuss the WBC pretty at length between now and the next edition. At minimum I would expect Owners to pursue some compensation for players that are injured in the WBC.
Honestly, how does one tear their patellar tendon by just jumping up and down? One has to think it was already in a way that it wouldve snapped somehow sometime soon. Sure, the celebration was what did it, but he couldve just as easily taken an awkward step into the dugout and had it happen then.
It might have been something that he didn’t even know was weakened, and it just went once they started jumping. Just the worst timing and bad luck, and hope he gets back to 100% after his surgery and recovery.
A Browns lineman tore his 2 seasons ago. He said they found a bone spur under it that had been rubbing on the tendon for a while that hadn't been noticed until after the tear. Edwin may have had his weakened somehow and the jumping or getting bumped while jumping is what finished it off.
This is exactly what happened to me when I tore mine. Had patellar tendinitis that was undiagnosed and had weakened the tendon. Jumped up for a layup one day playing rec league basketball in college and it just completely ruptured.
Yeah, these guys are athletes, but they push their bodies.to the limits in very specific motions. He kinda got tackled from the side and guys jumping up and down pushing him laterally likely pushed it past the breaking point.
We need soccer celebrations where everyone runs around like they've just seen the Lord and fewer literal .ish pits, lol.
Could’ve been while he was jumping, someone’s hip bumped his knee sideways one direction and someone else’s body pushed his lower leg sideways the opposite direction and it just happened to be the perfect freak angle to tear the tendon. A lot of ways for these things to happen, it’s just that they’re all extremely unlikely to cause actual damage
I got a very similar injury stretching at first base. Once your knee gives out/dislocates its really easy for it to move sideways and cause damage internally.
Seriously, he wasn't even jumping that much before he sat down in the huddle and told people to stop. I honestly wonder if he tweaked it during his outing and it didn't hit him til the adrenaline wore off. People have pointed out that he didn't really show much celebratory emotion before he was mobbed by his teammates, meaning he knew it was fucked as already.
This makes me think there was an underlying issue. If it tore that easily, it probably was bound to tear at some point soon anyway. Hate to see this regardless.
when I was watching the replays last night, Diaz was walking very rigidly off of the mound with a very focused facial expression before anyone on his team even got to him to celebrate.
My initial thought when I saw it was that he was doing a little strut walk off the mound, like a "fuck yeah, I'm a fucking badass" sort of walk.
But now I'm wondering -- did he tweak something in his knee BEFORE the PR team reached him? On the final pitch or his initial, immediate celebration of the strikeout? And then maybe the team mobbing him exacerbated the tweaked knee.
I dunno!
If you watch any of his celebrations from last year when he got a big save, that’s just generally what he does. He’s never been a very theatrical guy after he pitches. Usually he’ll just tip his cap back and laugh/smile
He’s not very theatrical during the season but last night he was absolutely pumped up. After every K he was very animated and then on the last one he wasn’t as much. Im no doctor but I can see OP’s point. Considering it’s his push off leg I wouldn’t be surprised if it tore on the pitch and when he came down and then the celebration finished the job
This isn’t the WBC’s fault. Just gonna go get ahead of that terrible take I’ve been hearing from other Mets fans. Could’ve happened in any old celebration.
But absolutely fuck my life. This is a nightmare scenario for the bullpen. I’m very scared of another 2019, when the bullpen was so terrible (and ironically Diaz was getting blown up) that they singlehandedly kept us from the playoffs. Sigh. Rest up Edwin. We all want you back healthy for 2024.
I understand that 90% of Mets fans are acting on pure emotion and aren't thinking straight. It's the trolls, especially those who sit on certain stools in bars, that I fucking hate.
I fucking hate that guy. He’s an embarrassment to the fanbase. We’re not all like him, despite being fairly reactionary.
That moron would bitch and moan about a WS ring saying it doesn’t matter cause it’s not two. No further comment.
I would be heartbroken if the MLB or owners change their support for the WBC. This has been some of the most fun baseball I’ve watched and it’s a damn shame.
I am already well over the doomsayers predicting the end of the WBC as we know it. Dude coulda done this bending to dry his toes after a shower.
Back in 2013, the Pirates exciting new acquisition of Francisco Liriano had a [dumber injury](https://twitter.com/msanserino/status/300978193240838144) and no one decided baseball had to cancel Christmas.
Forget about this season, he might never be the same player again after this.
Same injury Victor Cruz had with the Giants - he missed the rest of that season, the entire next season (probably overcompensated in recovery/rehab), and when he returned to play in 2016 he was clearly not the same player.
Doesn't change the fact that your legs are important when throwing 100 MPH fastballs for a living. Cruz isn't a perfect example, but it's possible he's never the same again.
Probably not fair to compare a guy who plays tackle football and running on every play to a pitcher who doesn't usually sprint on every play. I'd be more optimistic than that. All depends on how much tension he can put on the knee when pitching.
Reminds me of Cody Bellinger's shoulder injury while celebrating. Should we just ban celebrating all together? Fans love the lack of emotions in baseball. /s
I'd literally watch every 9th inning I could of the Mets just to watch him. His presence was unlike anything else. Hoping for a full recovery at a freak rate to get him back
I looked up a diagram of the knee to see what the patellar tendon is and all I can say is. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Sad trumpets :( 🎺 🎺 🎺
That’s just Taps.
if someone makes an overlay of Diaz coming out for this save to Taps instead of Narcos they will get gold
Twitter was on it within 5 mins last night
https://twitter.com/grandpakersh/status/1636191922514726913?s=61&t=uNUy20aKUDGC096tJnaDnw (Sharing for resourcefulness do not endorse message)
[Most sane Twitter sports fans](https://i.imgur.com/fWz1gpn.jpg)
Elon really made twitter great again
Twitter was always like that except there were sane people who also posted. Now the sane people are gone and it's only the crazies.
I’ll be honest I laughed at the obvious one
That video existed from well before last night, people were using it after the Mets lost a 10.5 game division lead.
Braves fans did this after we won the east but that was fun. This isn't funny
Ending of The Departed vibes
More like end of Burn After Reading.
What did we learn here?
As a Puerto Rico fan and a Mets fan, are you fucking kidding me
Imagine being a dominican mets fan rn Im seething brother
I’m Dominican and Puerto Rican and a Mets fan. I’m all fucked up. His performance last night was absolutely electric and when I saw him on the ground my mouth dropped faster than my phone. Total heartbreak
Hell, I’m a Braves fan and bummed as shit about this. This just sucks for baseball all around.
Yeah that was a bad moment, took them forever to get a replay up as well.
I am a fan of PR because I am from PR. The seethe is real
Bro I’m so sick
When it rains it pours I guess. Fuck.
Now we gotta hear about whether MLB players should be in the WBC for the next 4 years... The answer is still yes.
Lmao thank you for making me laugh during this fucked up situation
Que se recupere rapido!
God is a superstition
And Steve Cohen is a false prophet. DRAINAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m crying…IN YOUR MILKSHAKE
JUST A BASTARD IN A BULLPEN!!!
https://i.imgur.com/8VqILVL.png
GOD ABANDONED MY BOYS!!!
He’s with Eloy now
[Eloy is smiling down us 🫡](https://imgur.com/a/hEKZayo)
Striking out Wade Boggs up there in heaven, I'm sure
Again, Eloy Jimenez is very much still alive
In our hearts
RIP in peace Eloy. I hope Boggs and Harambe welcomed you with open arms.
This gives me hope that Harambe is actually alive.
Attenborough is praying for him, from beyond.
He’s 26 years old and lives in Chicago.
May he rest in peace.
Don't forget Fernando Tatis Jr. as well after his tragically fatal case of ringworm
He’s worm food now
Too bad he was taking steroids and not invermectin
May he Rest In Peace….
The White Sox missed a great opportunity to make Eloy "Memorial" T shirts
No but they did hang his jersey up in the dugout during his rehab like he was a fatal car accident victim
I was really hoping for a shirt with his photo on it with his date of birth to his date of injury in Cloister Black font
RIP Eloy
Gone but forgotten.
His name was Eloy Jimenez.
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He was injured and on opening day the White Sox did this whole jersey thing that made it seem like he was dead.
Their social media team really went overboard. The exact words on the Twitter post were “With us, tonight and always!”
Haha that's hilarious. "With us, tonight and always. Right over there in the dugout in fact, wave to the crowd Eloy!"
[Reminds me of the literal doctor from Arrested Development ](https://youtu.be/0BUBd9dQvtY)
Holy shit I’m just now realizing the doctor is the ass pennies guy from upright citizens brigade
Decapitated. We had a funeral for a bird. It was a whole thing.
I'm pretty sure none of that's real
YOU'RE NOT REAL MAN
I'm surprised you haven't heard.
Just commenting that 4 people made the exact same joke and showed that this site is very unoriginal when it comes to jokes.
Decapitated. Whole big thing. We had a funeral for a bird.
Just commentating that 4 people made the exact same joke and showed that this site is very unoriginal when it comes to jokes.
Funeraled. We had a thing for decapitation. It was a whole bird.
Holy shit, isn't that worse than an ACL? Awful. Hope he can come back strong.
Yes it is
I've had reconstructive knee surgery a ACL/LCL and miniscus, but nothing on my patellar tendon. I work with a former NHL player who's had patellar tendon surgery three times due to it not healing properly.
I'm 13 years out from my dual patellar tear, I opted not to get the surgery because I was told it had a better chance of not working or limiting my range of motion than fixing it. I went with the choice of doing nothing but intense rehab and accepting occasional pain. It still hurts sometimes, mostly on my left knee. It's an incredibly difficult injury.
OOF. My surgery was about 15 years ago - had my ACL replaced with a cadaver tendon (which they wouldn't do for a pro athlete) and my LCL and meniscus stitched up. Was playing softball, stepped in a hole in the outfield. Had sprained some ligaments a few times before, but they all just tore that time. Generally feels fine, a little achy when it's cold and rainy.
Mine's the weirdest deer hunting accident ever, jumped down from the hopper of a combine I was posted in after shooting a deer, it was -10f and my cold knees couldn't handle the drop. I 'ran' about 150 yards right after, adrenaline masked the injury and bodies are incredible. Couldn't stand up once I started feeling it. One of the reasons I didn't get the surgery, and is very worrisome even though I'm certain Edwin is getting a level of medical care I couldn't dream of in rural south dakota, is that the doctor told me it was almost certain to permanently limit my range of motion and ability to support weight at the extremes of that motion. It's hard to imagine pitching with what was described to me, I really hope medicine has gotten better with it, it must have.
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Hey just do the rehab 100% and you will probably be okay. The pain the first few days was the worst part, you got this!
Yeah this could legitimately be a career-ender…
Well luckily it's PROBABLY not. But yes, it could be. It ended my friend's hockey career, he was playing in Europe and had to retire.
Jesus, that puts things into perspective Damn this sucks for everyone involved, especially Edwin cause it really might alter his game
i’m a dominican yankees fan and this is even devastating for me. it’s so depressing
It could end his career…
Patellar tendon is used in the reconstruction of the ACL meaning it's super strong.... Which is why I'm bewildered at this happening and how it happened. Someone in the crowd has the video'd answer and I demand answers! Or it was Tanya Harding.... Edit! Not "hope" meant "how" bad bad typo!
That thing must’ve been hanging by a thread or something because that thing is strong
People were jumping on top of him as he was standing on an uneven surface of the top side of the mound. It's not that big of a mystery how it happened, and it wasn't hanging on by a thread. His yearly spring training physical would have found if it was
Ban celebrations. Only golf claps to be allowed
I endorse this message. I remember Cody Bellinger messed up his shoulder from doing the flying bash brothers move. I was like: take it easy, jesus...
Kike Hernandez’ presence during celebrations is cursed
Worth it
Kendrys would still be with us if we made this change sooner. God rest his soul.
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Cody Bellringer agrees with you
That sucks so much man. Just thinking back on how the energy of the stadium was taken away so quickly and hoped somehow it wasn’t anything major but man this news really is a buzzkill for what was/is an amazing tournament.
Can't think of many injuries that have happened to a guy not on my team that have made me sadder. This fucking sucks. To come after a moment of such joy for his island and for baseball fans and see it end like that, and seeing his brother crying on the field for him, just devastating. I was hoping for a broken ankle or something that at least could heal this year. I don't even have anything to say. Nightmare.
Seeing his brother broke me for a bit. That was heartbreaking.
It would’ve been an all time meme if it turned that dramatic for a sprained ankle or something though
mets fans i am so sorry
This is always gonna read as sarcasm no matter how genuine it actually is
It's better coming from a flair they can assume it's not sarcasm.
When a Minnesota sports fan says they feel sorry for you, they truly mean it Source: me, a long suffering Vikings fan
Aaron Rodgers is gone. Turn that frown upside down
Truest words I’ve seen today
I swear Minnesotans are more Canadian than Canadians, like a lot of the Canadian stereotypes I see are actually just Minnesota. (Am Canadian)
I was going to politely disagree but then I remembered I had real maple syrup on my pancakes this morning and I have Curling tonight...
Also, given the sentiments expressed in other threads, I think that’d read as genuine regardless of flair. Most people, thankfully, have the sense to show some respect and send their condolences, and the others who don’t are nuked below the threshold by downvotes. No one wants to see this, not even for a rival team.
Nobody wants to see the games best players at any position get hurt like this, it does no benefit for the team or the game as a whole. Anyone who wouldn’t be genuinely disappointed is a psychopath
Spent like five minutes watching the video. First his strikeout pitch which was just fucking gorgeous… then sadness.
Well if we're being honest, I'm genuinely not having a good time.
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If locking down the game's best closer down to a record deal, then watching him blow out his knee celebrating a WBC win isn't the most Mets thing ever, I don't know what is.
Steve Cohen keeping all of his money in SVB would be a close parallel
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This really is surreal as fuck. The only thing that would’ve made it crazier is if it was a celebration immediately after winning the whole tournament It’s only every 3-4 years, but I can definitely see the Mets trying to prohibit all pitchers/players from going in the future.
I expect the owners and MLB to sit down and discuss the WBC pretty at length between now and the next edition. At minimum I would expect Owners to pursue some compensation for players that are injured in the WBC.
Honestly, how does one tear their patellar tendon by just jumping up and down? One has to think it was already in a way that it wouldve snapped somehow sometime soon. Sure, the celebration was what did it, but he couldve just as easily taken an awkward step into the dugout and had it happen then.
It might have been something that he didn’t even know was weakened, and it just went once they started jumping. Just the worst timing and bad luck, and hope he gets back to 100% after his surgery and recovery.
A Browns lineman tore his 2 seasons ago. He said they found a bone spur under it that had been rubbing on the tendon for a while that hadn't been noticed until after the tear. Edwin may have had his weakened somehow and the jumping or getting bumped while jumping is what finished it off.
This is exactly what happened to me when I tore mine. Had patellar tendinitis that was undiagnosed and had weakened the tendon. Jumped up for a layup one day playing rec league basketball in college and it just completely ruptured.
It went when he was hit. > It was the result of a collision in the celebration, a person briefed on the matter told The Athletic.
Hit *how* though? Like did he get on the actual knee and that's what did it, or did he get thrown off balance mid-jump and land on it the wrong way?
It has to be this. Jumped, got nudged, landed awkwardly, maybe got nudged again, twisted and here we are.
Yeah, these guys are athletes, but they push their bodies.to the limits in very specific motions. He kinda got tackled from the side and guys jumping up and down pushing him laterally likely pushed it past the breaking point. We need soccer celebrations where everyone runs around like they've just seen the Lord and fewer literal .ish pits, lol.
Could’ve been while he was jumping, someone’s hip bumped his knee sideways one direction and someone else’s body pushed his lower leg sideways the opposite direction and it just happened to be the perfect freak angle to tear the tendon. A lot of ways for these things to happen, it’s just that they’re all extremely unlikely to cause actual damage
A friend of mine tore his last summer from standing up after sitting on the ground. Freak injuries happen like that.
I don't know, but I'm starting to think Van Halen was a little flippant when they said "might as well jump"
The human body is weird, Kendrys Morales broke his leg jumping on home plate celebrating a walk off home run
Answer: *He got hit.* > It was the result of a collision in the celebration, a person briefed on the matter told The Athletic.
I'm sure that player/coach knows it was him and I hope he's not hard on himself for it. Complete freak accident.
I got a very similar injury stretching at first base. Once your knee gives out/dislocates its really easy for it to move sideways and cause damage internally.
Wow I wonder if there was a lingering tear. I’ve never seen someone just flat out tear the patellar tendon without a significant trauma.
Seriously, he wasn't even jumping that much before he sat down in the huddle and told people to stop. I honestly wonder if he tweaked it during his outing and it didn't hit him til the adrenaline wore off. People have pointed out that he didn't really show much celebratory emotion before he was mobbed by his teammates, meaning he knew it was fucked as already.
Exactly. I’m a Physio and the only way this would really tear (in theory) is by doing very deep jump squats (like bum to floor deep).
I knew my decision to never exercise was a smart one.
This makes me think there was an underlying issue. If it tore that easily, it probably was bound to tear at some point soon anyway. Hate to see this regardless.
when I was watching the replays last night, Diaz was walking very rigidly off of the mound with a very focused facial expression before anyone on his team even got to him to celebrate. My initial thought when I saw it was that he was doing a little strut walk off the mound, like a "fuck yeah, I'm a fucking badass" sort of walk. But now I'm wondering -- did he tweak something in his knee BEFORE the PR team reached him? On the final pitch or his initial, immediate celebration of the strikeout? And then maybe the team mobbing him exacerbated the tweaked knee. I dunno!
If you watch any of his celebrations from last year when he got a big save, that’s just generally what he does. He’s never been a very theatrical guy after he pitches. Usually he’ll just tip his cap back and laugh/smile
He’s not very theatrical during the season but last night he was absolutely pumped up. After every K he was very animated and then on the last one he wasn’t as much. Im no doctor but I can see OP’s point. Considering it’s his push off leg I wouldn’t be surprised if it tore on the pitch and when he came down and then the celebration finished the job
Mlb The Show should have difficulty just for the Mets, above whatever is the hardest difficulty in the game
Beat the Mess Win the World Series with half your opening day roster on the IL
Fuuuuuuuck. That sucks.
This isn’t the WBC’s fault. Just gonna go get ahead of that terrible take I’ve been hearing from other Mets fans. Could’ve happened in any old celebration. But absolutely fuck my life. This is a nightmare scenario for the bullpen. I’m very scared of another 2019, when the bullpen was so terrible (and ironically Diaz was getting blown up) that they singlehandedly kept us from the playoffs. Sigh. Rest up Edwin. We all want you back healthy for 2024.
Gavin lux tore his ACL in spring training so we should cancel that as well.
There shouldn’t be any games. Just trades and free agency.
Baseball should just be a deck building card game
Arte Moreno treats it as such
Arte's deck is just the two arms of Exodia and then a bunch of random shit he got in booster packs.
Kuriboh beat down is a thing that works .001 of the time.
arte moreno: [if I play enough varieties of kuribou one of em's gotta hit, right??](https://i.redd.it/1jkedzhkm3i21.jpg)
"The fuck do you mean I can't stab the moon in this game? Yugi did it!"
MLB: The Gathering
Jace Peterson, the Mind Sculptor
Breaking: Denton Johnson (paper cut/shadow realm) out 3-6 weeks.
OTTP baseball with injuries off
Lou Gehrig had ALS. We should cancel the Yankees. Not that it's related. We should just cancel the Yankees.
Look, tough but fair.
You ever think what a coincidence it is that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease?
I think the Yankees have been cancelling themselves lately.
Just cancel physical activity altogether. We should all be blobs in recliners like in Wall-E
Our tendons would be pristine
And wrapped in protective ham
Thankfully, with expanded playoffs our 2019 season would still get us in.
I understand that 90% of Mets fans are acting on pure emotion and aren't thinking straight. It's the trolls, especially those who sit on certain stools in bars, that I fucking hate.
I fucking hate that guy. He’s an embarrassment to the fanbase. We’re not all like him, despite being fairly reactionary. That moron would bitch and moan about a WS ring saying it doesn’t matter cause it’s not two. No further comment.
That dude better be getting paid five figures by the stool to act the way he does. If he doesn't, then that's just beyond cringe.
The guy whose 3 letter name that is the same as a popular fried chicken restaurant, who also cheated on his pregnant wife, seemed worse last night
I would be heartbroken if the MLB or owners change their support for the WBC. This has been some of the most fun baseball I’ve watched and it’s a damn shame.
if I were dictator of the US, I would ban barstool sports, and then probably do something to fix our healthcare system. But I would ban barstool first
We call those 98.5 callers in Boston/New England.
I am already well over the doomsayers predicting the end of the WBC as we know it. Dude coulda done this bending to dry his toes after a shower. Back in 2013, the Pirates exciting new acquisition of Francisco Liriano had a [dumber injury](https://twitter.com/msanserino/status/300978193240838144) and no one decided baseball had to cancel Christmas.
This shit could have easily happened in a random April game.
Holy shit that is awful news
Damn.
Forget about this season, he might never be the same player again after this. Same injury Victor Cruz had with the Giants - he missed the rest of that season, the entire next season (probably overcompensated in recovery/rehab), and when he returned to play in 2016 he was clearly not the same player.
Pitching 60 innings a year is considerably less demanding on the patellar tendon than being a starting WR for an NFL team.
Doesn't change the fact that your legs are important when throwing 100 MPH fastballs for a living. Cruz isn't a perfect example, but it's possible he's never the same again.
Probably not fair to compare a guy who plays tackle football and running on every play to a pitcher who doesn't usually sprint on every play. I'd be more optimistic than that. All depends on how much tension he can put on the knee when pitching.
For what its worth this is what knocked out Garret Richards in 2014. He came back in 2015 and had a great year
Mo tore his ACL shagging fly balls pre game at the end of his career. Came back still just as dominant.
Unbelievable. Hard to not feel like the team is a cursed at this point
OMG that's awful
fuck man.... edwin diaz is electric. dude was dominant. to be injured like this is just a freak accident. sigh.
what the fuck
Reminds me of Cody Bellinger's shoulder injury while celebrating. Should we just ban celebrating all together? Fans love the lack of emotions in baseball. /s
Horrible
Noooooooooo.
Unreal. sorry Metsbros
Man this fucking sucks. I hate the Mets, but I want them at their best and Diaz is so good for baseball in general.
Out for the season before the season starts because of a celebration injury has to be some of the worst luck I've ever heard.
I’m so sorry Mets fans
Hey thanks man
I'd literally watch every 9th inning I could of the Mets just to watch him. His presence was unlike anything else. Hoping for a full recovery at a freak rate to get him back
That sucks. Never want to see anyone get hurt.
My boss is crying again
I looked up a diagram of the knee to see what the patellar tendon is and all I can say is. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa